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Marriage: every bride`s ambition satisfied?

journal contribution
posted on 2004-05-01, 00:00 authored by M McCabe
It has been acknowledged through sociobiological research that women seek men who will provide good genes to produce strong healthy offspring, and men seek women who are attractive, because these women are seen to be most suitable for producing fit children. According to the author in last two centuries, in western societies, mate selection has also frequently led to marriage. If the man fails to meet these genetic standards, women may be driven to have extramarital affairs so that they can obtain good genetic stock, but will still keep their husband if he provides good support resources for her and her children.

History

Journal

Sexual and relationship therapy

Volume

19

Pagination

131-133

Location

Abingdon, U.K.

ISSN

1468-1994

eISSN

1468-1749

Language

eng

Notes

EDITORIAL

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2005, Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Publisher

Routledge